Autumn Leaves Are Driven
by Jo Elizabeth Pinto
https://www.brightsideauthor.com
The autumn leaves are driven
As subjects of the wind,
In flocks they race together
Where he would have them go.
Like crowds along the sidewalk
They hurry on their way,
Tumbling on each other,
Impatient at my feet.
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This poem was published in the October 24, 2020 #412 issue of The Weekly Avocet.
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NEW RELEASE 2020
Apples of Gold
BY JO ELIZABETH PINTO
“Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket.” (Proverbs 25:11, NLT)
The turbulent times we live in require us to look at our changing world in new ways if we hope to find the blessings that will sustain us. The short, easy-to-read vignettes in this book focus on sifting the true and positive out of the grit and grime of daily life.
Like the abundance of apples we can choose from to satisfy our varying tastes, there are different kinds of stories in this book. A few are specifically about the Coronavirus; most are not. Some mention God; most are as practical as they are spiritual. There are even some poems sprinkled in for good measure. All of the pieces are intended to help readers seek strength and joy in the challenging days that have come upon us.
Delve into the silver basket and find the golden apples that await you.
Jo Elizabeth Pinto was among the first blind students to integrate the public schools in the 1970’s. In 1992, she received a degree in Human Services from the University of Northern Colorado. While teaching students how to use adaptive technology, she earned a second degree in 2004 from the Metropolitan State College of Denver in Nonprofit Management. These days, she freelances as an editor and a braille proofreader.
As an author, Pinto entertains her readers while giving them food for thought. In her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, she draws on personal experience to illustrate that hope is always an action away.
Pinto lives in Colorado with her husband, her preteen daughter, and their pets.
Lynda McKinney Lambert
October 26, 2020What a lovely poem, Jo. This is just how they are here at this time – I walk through them on our pathway through the woods – they are so colorful and make a carpeting of us to walk through. Lynda
Patty L. Fletcher
October 26, 2020Hi Lynda and Jo.
This was King Campbell’s most favorite time of year.
He would seek out the most extravagant pile of leaves alongside the verge he could find, and plunge right in nose first!
I once scolded him saying, “Bubba, the person who raked those up is going to be most displeased with you for scattering them.”
The next day, when we passed by, he started for the pile again and as I went to pull him away an old man’s voice floated to me on the autumn breeze saying, “Bubba, you go right ahead in and don’t listen to your mother. I raked those specially for you this very morning.”
I love the autumn leaves.
😊
This poem brought a smile to my heart.
Patty L. Fletcher
Self-Published Author and Social Media Promotional Assistant
Email: patty.volunteer1@gmail.com
Website: http://www.campbellsworld.wordpress.com/ .
Food For Thought
We all are the Light, automatically. So we really don’t have to go too much further than that. We all have a Light within us – it is the Soul; it is that spark of God, of the Divine, that activates our consciousness.
-John-Roger, DSS
Source: New Day Herald website
Jo Elizabeth Pinto
October 26, 2020Aw, what a wonderful story, and a great memory of the King! That made me smile! 🙂
Patty L. Fletcher
October 26, 2020Well, sounds like weâre both smiling then, because I enjoyed the poem.
Patty L. Fletcher
Self-Published Author and Social Media Promotional Assistant
Email: patty.volunteer1@gmail.com
Website: http://www.campbellsworld.wordpress.com/ .
Food For Thought
We all are the Light, automatically. So we really don’t have to go too much further than that. We all have a Light within us – it is the Soul; it is that spark of God, of the Divine, that activates our consciousness.
-John-Roger, DSS
Source: New Day Herald website
Jo Elizabeth Pinto
October 26, 2020That’s another nice image, a carpeting. 🙂